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List of Australian women photographers

This is a list of women photographers who were born in Australia or whose works are closely associated with that country.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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  • Bernice Agar (1885–1976), portrait, fashion and society photographer in the late 1910s until the 1930s.
  • Narelle Autio (born 1969), photojournalist working first in Europe and the USA before returning to Australia in 1998 as staff photographer for the Sydney Morning Herald[1]

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  • Sarah Bahbah, photographic artist, with large Instagram following
  • Euphemia Eleanor Baker (aka Effie Baker) (1880–1968), photographer of Australian wildflowers and Bahá'í Faith
  • Polly Borland (born 1959), now living in England, known both for her portraits of famous Australians and for several series of stylized portraits
  • Pat Brassington (born 1942), Tasmanian photographer and digital artist.
  • Kate Breakey (born 1957), visual artist creating large-scale, hand-colored photographs.
  • Harriett Brims (1864–1939), pioneer commercial photographer in Queensland
  • Amelia Bunbury (1863–1958), photographer from Western Australia, works published in the Western Mail
  • Jane Burton (born 1966), Melbourne-based photographer.[2]

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  • Destiny Deacon (1957–2024), Queensland photographer of indigenous culture[4]
  • Lillian Dean (c.1899–1980), Northern Territory photographer and local politician
  • Maggie Diaz (1925–2016), American-born photographer, noted for her 1950s Chicago Collection
  • Ada Driver (1868–1954), Australian portrait photographer who ran a studio on Queen street in Brisbane in the early twentieth century
  • Rozalind Drummond (born 1956), postmodernism photographic artist

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  • Sandy Edwards (born 1948), documentary photographer and curator of photography, known for personal approach to documentary
  • Mireille Eid (Astore) (born 1961), Lebanese-born artist and photographer
  • Odette England (born 1975)
  • Joyce Evans (1929–2019), opened the first commercial photo gallery in Melbourne, later working herself in portraiture and landscapes, taught history of photography
  • Samantha Everton, contemporary photographic artist

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  • Anne Ferran (born 1949), photographic artist
  • Sue Ford (1943–2009), celebrated photographer of social life, known for her personal approach to her subjects[5]

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  • Liz Ham (born 1975), Sydney-based photographer of urban life, fashion, music and politics, also known for book Punk Girls[6]
  • C. Moore Hardy (born 1955), Sydney-based photographer, documenting the Sydney queer community since the late 1970s
  • Ponch Hawkes (born 1946), Melbourne-based photographer
  • Merris Hillard (born 1949), printmaker and photographer
  • Ruth Hollick (1883–1977), Melbourne-based portrait and fashion photographer[7]
  • Louisa Elizabeth How (1821–1893), early woman photographer

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  • Carol Jerrems (1949–1980), explored issues of sexuality, youth, identity and mortality

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  • Bronwyn Kidd (born 1969), fashion, magazine and portrait photographer
  • Katrin Koenning (born 1978), German-Australian photographer, photojournalist and videographer

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  • June Newton (1923–2021), photographs under the pseudonym Alice Springs

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  • Jacky Redgate (born 1955), sculptor, installation artist and photographer
  • Leonie Reisberg (born 1955), photographer and lecturer in photography

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  • Rebecca Shanahan, NSW-based artist and photographer
  • Rose Simmonds (1877–1960), British-born Queensland photographer and member of the Pictorialism movement[10]
  • Alexia Sinclair (born 1976), fine-art photographer
  • Ruby Spowart (born 1928), photographs of the Australian outback in the 1980s and 1990s
  • Robyn Stacey (born 1952), camera obscura photographs, evocative still life using historical collections

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Trent Parke and Narelle Autio, The Seventh Wave, Kirribilli, NSW: Hot Chilli Press, 2000; Michael Fitzgerald, Narelle Autio and Trent Parke: 'To the sea', Photofile, No. 93, spring / Summer 2013: 56-61.
  2. ^ Jane Burton and Ingrid Periz, Jane Burton: other stories, Balaclava, Victoria: M.33, 2011.
  3. ^ Brenda L. Croft, "Blak Lik Mi." Art and Australia 31, no. 1 (Spring 1993): 63-67; Brenda L. Croft, "Still in My Mind: An Exploration of Practice-Led Experimental Research in Progress." Cultural Studies Review 21, no. 1 (March 2015): 230-48; Larissa Behrendt, "Brenda Croft: Subalter/N/Ative Dreams." In Subalter/N/Ative Dreams, edited by Brenda Croft. Paddington: Stills Gallery, 2016.
  4. ^ Brenda L. Croft and Destiny Deacon, In My Father’s House and Postcards from Mummy. Sydney: Australian Centre of Photography, 1998
  5. ^ Maggie Finch et al, Sue Ford 1943-2009, Melbourne, Vic.: National Gallery of Victoria, 2014.
  6. ^ "PUNK GIRLS". www.manuscriptdaily.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Ruth Miriam Hollick (1883–1977)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 11 September 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  8. ^ Tracey Moffatt and Gerald Matt, "An Interview with Tracey Moffatt." In Tracey Moffatt, edited by Paula Savage and Lara Strongman. Wellington: City Gallery Wellington, 2002; Tracey Moffatt and Brigitte Reinhardt, Tracey Moffatt: Laudanum, Ostfildern Germany: Hatje Cantz, 1999; Tracey Moffatt, Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003.
  9. ^ "Minnie Louise (Mina) Moore (1882–1957)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  10. ^ Melissa Miles, The Language of Light and Dark: Light and Place in Australian Photography, Sydney: Power Publications, 2015, pp. 66-70.
  11. ^ Anne Zahalka, Hall of mirrors: Anne Zahalka, portraits 1987-2007, Fitzroy: Centre for Contemporary Photography, 2007.

Bibliography

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  • Ennis, Helen. "1970s Photographic Practice: A Homogenous View?" Photofile 4, no. 1 (Autumn 1986): 12–15.
  • Hall, Barbara and Jenni Mather. Australian Women Photographers: 1840–1960. Richmond: Greenhouse, 1986.
  • Moore, Catriona. Indecent Exposures: Twenty Years of Australian Feminist Photography. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 1994.
  • Newton, Gael. “The Movement of Women.” Art and Australia 33, no. 1 (Spring 1995): 62–9.
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